The art collection of the late dermatologist Dr. Fredric Brandt will be going to auction at Phillips. Carrying an estimate of $15 million, 200 works will be sold, including pieces by Damien Hirst, Christopher Wool, Rudolf Stingel, and Yoshimoto Nara. [The New York Times]

Banksy and the Problem With Sarcasm (regarding Dismaland): “Banksy asks us to substitute the sensation of recognizing a reference for the frisson of wit. And he sometimes seems to operate by formula.” [The New York Times Magazine]